Andrew Carnegie Foundation Approves 44 Grants Totaling $42,350,000

International Program

African Population and Health Research Center (Nairobi, Kenya)
36-month grant of $1,600,000 to examine the role of non-state actors in shaping peace, health, and stability in Africa

Alliance for Peacebuilding (Washington, D.C.)
30-month grant of $1,000,000 to support peace and security policy and advance partnership models for peacebuilding

Institute for Integrated Transitions (Barcelona, Spain)
18-month grant of $500,000 for the Global Initiative on Polarization, which seeks to advance understanding of the causes, consequences, and strategies for reducing polarization and preventing violent conflict

Malam Darfur Peace and Development (Falls Church, VA)
24-month grant of $1,400,000 to support grassroots mutual aid organizing to advance peace and enhance democracy in Sudan

Syrian Forum USA (Willowbrook, IL)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 to rebuild social cohesion and local governance for durable peace in Syria

National Program

Aspen Institute (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,200,000 for the Civic Summer experiential learning program for rising high school sophomores in selected cities

Braver Angels (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $1,075,000 for its Braver Politics and Braver Education initiatives, which bring strategies for reducing division to elected officials and students

Building Skills Partnership (Los Angeles, CA)
12-month grant of $400,000 to strengthen English language services and college access programs for teens and parents in Los Angeles

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, CA)
36-month grant of $1,800,000 to recognize colleges and universities creating upward mobility through the Carnegie Classification, a system to identify higher education institutions based on factors like degrees offered, student access, and research activities

CitySchools Collaborative (Washington, D.C.)
36-month grant of $1,200,000 to grow the Tutor-to-Teacher program, which helps local tutors become classroom teachers

Come to Believe Foundation (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $2,000,000 to create two-year college programs within selective universities

Common Sense Media (San Francisco, CA)
24-month grant of $1,550,000 to scale digital citizenship resources, a library media literacy initiative, and annual summit sponsorship

Community Partners (Los Angeles, CA)
24-month grant of $650,000 to launch Changeist’s civic leadership certificate program with the University of California, Los Angeles

Constructive Dialogue Institute (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 to help students communicate, collaborate, and solve problems through dialogue programming in higher education across state systems and individual campuses

D.C. Public Education Fund (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $300,000 to provide access to civic experiences in D.C. Public Schools classrooms

Defending Democracy Together Institute (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $750,000 for the Democracy Innovation Fund, which helps create and accelerate pro-democracy projects and nonprofit organizations on the center-right

Education Resource Strategies (Watertown, MA)
12-month grant of $500,000 to support state-led high school redesign initiatives that reengage students, improve teacher experiences, and foster connections between schools and communities

Eradicate Hate Global Summit (Pittsburgh, PA)
24-month grant of $300,000 for general support

GDI-Solutions (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $500,000 for Tango, a quiz game designed to help increase cooperation across divided groups, to expand programs into state university systems, community colleges, high schools, and libraries

Georgia State University Foundation (Atlanta, GA)
30-month grant of $2,000,000 for the National Institute for Student Success to increase graduation rates and help transfer students succeed

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for continued support and expansion of the Citizenship Test Initiative, including partnerships with libraries

I Have a Dream Foundation (New York, NY)
18-month grant of $400,000 for support of career, college, and civic readiness at I Have a Dream Foundation in East Harlem, New York

KIPP NYC (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $1,500,000 to expand college visits for over 2,000 low-income high school students and provide support during college

Kiwanis Children’s Fund (Indianapolis, IN)
24-month grant of $600,000 to increase access to student-led service, leadership, and civic engagement by expanding Key Club, a service organization for high school students, to new states

Kura Labs (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 to launch an AI Engineering Workforce initiative

Miami Foundation (Miami, FL)
24-month grant of $500,000 for NewsMatch to increase education news coverage in rural newsrooms across the country

Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation (Chicago, IL)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 to strengthen the Democratic Classrooms and Schools Initiative in New York City and expand the program to additional states

More in Common (Washington, D.C.)
36-month grant of $1,000,000 for More in Common’s democracy and polarization research, with a focus on youth

Mormon Women for Ethical Government Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT)
24-month grant of $400,000 for the Principled Citizenship Program

New_ Public (Oakland, CA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project to build digital platforms

PENCIL (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $725,000 to expand work-based learning opportunities for high school students in New York City

Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $400,000 for general support

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $5,000,000 for the Trust for Civic Life and for its public library initiative

ScholarMatch (San Francisco, CA)
30-month grant of $500,000 to help a cohort of first-generation college students gain credentials while attending college

Sesame Workshop (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for Sesame Street season 58 and a library-based initiative focused on connection and community participation

Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of The Hechinger Report

The 74 (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

University of North Texas Foundation (Denton, TX)
18-month grant of $500,000 to increase reenrollment of adult learners with some college but no credential to high-demand career pathways in North Texas

UPchieve (Brooklyn, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 to expand a free virtual tutoring program run by volunteers

Special Opportunities Fund

Actors Gang (Culver City, CA)
36-month grant of $300,000 for educational programming

Advanced Studies in Culture Foundation (Charlottesville, VA)
12-month grant of $500,000 for the Third Founding, an initiative to support the cultural and institutional foundations of American democracy

Asian University for Women Support Foundation (Cambridge, MA)
12-month grant of $300,000 for a teacher training program at the Graduate School of Education

Trinity Foundation (Dublin, Ireland)
36-month grant of $1,500,000 for the Book of Kells project

University of St. Andrews American Foundation (Atlanta, GA)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for the conservation and restoration of the west-side quadrangle, to be named the Andrew Carnegie Seminar Room